The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked singles player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 29 women have been ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA, of which 15 have been year-end No. 1.
Iga Świątek is the current singles world No. 1.
The rankings are sourced by the WTA Media Guide and the WTA website (which usually revises its rankings every Sunday night or Monday morning, except when tournament finals are postponed). [1] [2]
No. | Player | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
Nov 3, 1975 | Apr 25, 1976 | 25 | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Apr 26, 1976 | May 9, 1976 | 2 | 2 |
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May 10, 1976 | Jul 9, 1978 | 113 | 138 | |
3 | ![]() |
Jul 10, 1978 | Jan 13, 1979 | 26 | 26 |
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Jan 14, 1979 | Jan 27, 1979 | 2 | 140 | |
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Jan 28, 1979 | Feb 24, 1979 | 4 | 30 | |
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Feb 25, 1979 | Apr 15, 1979 | 7 | 147 | |
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Apr 16, 1979 | Jun 24, 1979 | 10 | 40 | |
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Jun 25, 1979 | Sep 9, 1979 | 11 | 158 | |
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Sep 10, 1979 | Apr 6, 1980 | 31 | 71 | |
4 | ![]() |
Apr 7, 1980 | Apr 20, 1980 | 2 | 2 |
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Apr 21, 1980 | Jul 6, 1980 | 11 | 82 | |
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Jul 7, 1980 | Nov 17, 1980 | 19 | 21 | |
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Nov 18, 1980 | May 2, 1982 | 76 | 234 | |
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May 3, 1982 | May 16, 1982 | 2 | 84 | |
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May 17, 1982 | Jun 13, 1982 | 4 | 238 | |
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Jun 14, 1982 | Jun 9, 1985 | 156 | 240 | |
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Jun 10, 1985 | Oct 13, 1985 | 18 | 256 | |
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Oct 14, 1985 | Oct 27, 1985 | 2 | 242 | |
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Oct 28, 1985 | Nov 24, 1985 | 4 | 260 | |
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Nov 25, 1985 | Aug 16, 1987 | 90 | 332 | |
5 | ![]() |
Aug 17, 1987 | Mar 10, 1991 | 186‡ | 186 |
6 | ![]() |
Mar 11, 1991 | Aug 4, 1991 | 21 | 21 |
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Aug 5, 1991 | Aug 11, 1991 | 1 | 187 | |
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Aug 12, 1991 | Aug 18, 1991 | 1 | 22 | |
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Aug 19, 1991 | Sep 8, 1991 | 3 | 190 | |
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Sep 9, 1991 | Jun 6, 1993 | 91 | 113 | |
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Jun 7, 1993 | Feb 5, 1995 | 87 | 277 | |
7 | ![]() |
Feb 6, 1995 | Feb 19, 1995 | 2 | 2 |
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Feb 20, 1995 | Feb 26, 1995 | 1 | 278 | |
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Feb 27, 1995 | Apr 9, 1995 | 6 | 8 | |
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Apr 10, 1995 | May 14, 1995 | 5 | 283 | |
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May 15, 1995 | Jun 11, 1995 | 4 | 12 | |
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Jun 12, 1995 | Aug 14, 1995 | 9 | 292 | |
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Aug 15, 1995 | Nov 3, 1996 | 64 | 356 | |
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177 | ||||
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Nov 4, 1996 | Nov 17, 1996 | 2 | 358 | |
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Nov 18, 1996 | Nov 24, 1996 | 1 | 359 | |
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178 | ||||
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Nov 25, 1996 | Mar 30, 1997 | 18 | 377‡ | |
8 | ![]() |
Mar 31, 1997 | Oct 11, 1998 | 80 | 80 |
9 | ![]() |
Oct 12, 1998 | Feb 7, 1999 | 17 | 17 |
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Feb 8, 1999 | Jul 4, 1999 | 21 | 101 | |
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Jul 5, 1999 | Aug 8, 1999 | 5 | 22 | |
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Aug 9, 1999 | Apr 2, 2000 | 34 | 135 | |
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Apr 3, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | 5 | 27 | |
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May 8, 2000 | May 14, 2000 | 1 | 136 | |
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May 15, 2000 | May 21, 2000 | 1 | 28 | |
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May 22, 2000 | Oct 14, 2001 | 73 | 209 | |
10 | ![]() |
Oct 15, 2001 | Nov 4, 2001 | 3 | 3 |
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Nov 5, 2001 | Jan 13, 2002 | 10 | 38 | |
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Jan 14, 2002 | Feb 24, 2002 | 6 | 9 | |
11 | ![]() |
Feb 25, 2002 | Mar 17, 2002 | 3 | 3 |
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Mar 18, 2002 | Apr 21, 2002 | 5 | 14 | |
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Apr 22, 2002 | May 19, 2002 | 4 | 7 | |
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May 20, 2002 | Jun 9, 2002 | 3 | 17 | |
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Jun 10, 2002 | Jul 7, 2002 | 4 | 11 | |
12 | ![]() |
Jul 8, 2002 | Aug 10, 2003 | 57 | 57 |
13 | ![]() |
Aug 11, 2003 | Oct 19, 2003 | 10 | 10 |
14 | ![]() |
Oct 20, 2003 | Oct 26, 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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Oct 27, 2003 | Nov 9, 2003 | 2 | 12 | |
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Nov 10, 2003 | Sep 12, 2004 | 44 | 45 | |
15 | ![]() |
Sep 13, 2004 | Oct 17, 2004 | 5 | 5 |
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Oct 18, 2004 | Aug 21, 2005 | 44 | 82 | |
16 | ![]() |
Aug 22, 2005 | Aug 28, 2005 | 1 | 1 |
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Aug 29, 2005 | Sep 11, 2005 | 2 | 84 | |
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Sep 12, 2005 | Oct 23, 2005 | 6 | 7 | |
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Oct 24, 2005 | Jan 29, 2006 | 14 | 98 | |
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Jan 30, 2006 | Mar 19, 2006 | 7 | 19 | |
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Mar 20, 2006 | Nov 12, 2006 | 34 | 39 | |
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Nov 13, 2006 | Jan 28, 2007 | 11 | 56 | |
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Jan 29, 2007 | Mar 18, 2007 | 7 | 14 | |
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Mar 19, 2007 | May 18, 2008 | 61 | 117 | |
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May 19, 2008 | Jun 8, 2008 | 3 | 17 | |
17 | ![]() |
Jun 9, 2008 | Aug 10, 2008 | 9 | 9 |
18 | ![]() |
Aug 11, 2008 | Aug 17, 2008 | 1 | 1 |
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Aug 18, 2008 | Sep 7, 2008 | 3 | 12 | |
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Sep 8, 2008 | Oct 5, 2008 | 4 | 61 | |
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Oct 6, 2008 | Feb 1, 2009 | 17 | 18 | |
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Feb 2, 2009 | Apr 19, 2009 | 11 | 72 | |
19 | ![]() |
Apr 20, 2009 | Oct 11, 2009 | 25 | 25 |
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Oct 12, 2009 | Oct 25, 2009 | 2 | 74 | |
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Oct 26, 2009 | Nov 1, 2009 | 1 | 26 | |
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Nov 2, 2009 | Oct 10, 2010 | 49 | 123 | |
20 | ![]() |
Oct 11, 2010 | Feb 13, 2011 | 18 | 18 |
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Feb 14, 2011 | Feb 20, 2011 | 1 | 20 | |
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Feb 21, 2011 | Jan 29, 2012 | 49 | 67 | |
21 | ![]() |
Jan 30, 2012 | Jun 10, 2012 | 19 | 19 |
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Jun 11, 2012 | Jul 8, 2012 | 4 | 21 | |
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Jul 9, 2012 | Feb 17, 2013 | 32 | 51 | |
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Feb 18, 2013 | Sep 11, 2016 | 186‡ | 309 | |
22 | ![]() |
Sep 12, 2016 | Jan 29, 2017 | 20 | 20 |
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Jan 30, 2017 | Mar 19, 2017 | 7 | 316 | |
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Mar 20, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 | 5 | 25 | |
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Apr 24, 2017 | May 14, 2017 | 3 | 319 | |
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May 15, 2017 | Jul 16, 2017 | 9 | 34 | |
23 | ![]() |
Jul 17, 2017 | Sep 10, 2017 | 8 | 8 |
24 | ![]() |
Sep 11, 2017 | Oct 8, 2017 | 4 | 4 |
25 | ![]() |
Oct 9, 2017 | Jan 28, 2018 | 16 | 16 |
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Jan 29, 2018 | Feb 25, 2018 | 4 | 71 | |
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Feb 26, 2018 | Jan 27, 2019 | 48 | 64 | |
26 | ![]() |
Jan 28, 2019 | Jun 23, 2019 | 21 | 21 |
27 | ![]() |
Jun 24, 2019 | Aug 11, 2019 | 7 | 7 |
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Aug 12, 2019 | Sep 8, 2019 | 4 | 25 | |
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Sep 9, 2019 | Mar 22, 2020 | 28 | 35 | |
Rankings
frozen
|
Mar 23, 2020 | Aug 9, 2020 | 20 | ||
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Aug 10, 2020 | Apr 3, 2022 | 86 | 121 | |
28 | ![]() |
Apr 4, 2022 | Sep 10, 2023 | 75 | 75 |
29 | ![]() |
Sep 11, 2023 | Nov 5, 2023 | 8 | 8 |
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Nov 6, 2023 | Present | 34 | 109 |
Weeks are updated automatically.
[5]
[6]
The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 177.
[1]
Year span | Leader | Date achieved | Duration | Record |
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1975–1985 |
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3 November 1975 | 9 years, 6 months | 238 |
1985–1985 |
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27 May 1985 | 28 days | 240 |
1985–1986 |
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24 June 1985 | 9 months | 260 |
1986–1996 |
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31 March 1986 | 10 years, 1 month | 332 |
1996–Present |
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21 May 1996 | 28 years, 1 month | 377 |
Current record in bold.
The source for this through to 2012 is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 178. [1]
By year
|
By year (continued)
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Player | First ranked No. 1 | First Grand Slam final | First Grand Slam title |
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August 11, 2003 | 2001 French Open (June 2001) (1st of 8) | 2005 US Open (1st of 4, retired in 2022) |
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September 13, 2004 | 1999 Australian Open (January 1999) (1st of 3) | 2006 Australian Open (1st of 2, retired in 2009) |
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August 11, 2008 | 2008 US Open (September 2008) (only final) | None (retired in 2017) |
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April 20, 2009 | 2008 French Open (June 2008) (1st of 3) | None (retired in 2014) |
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October 11, 2010 | 2009 US Open (September 2009) (1st of 3) | 2018 Australian Open (only title, still active) |
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July 17, 2017 | 2016 US Open (September 2016) (1st of 2) | None (still active) |
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October 9, 2017 | 2014 French Open (June 2014) (1st of 5) | 2018 French Open (1st of 2, still active) |
Time span | Player | First held No. 1 | Last held No. 1 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Age | Date | Age | ||
14 years, 310 days |
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Jul 8, 2002 | 20 years, 285 days | May 14, 2017 | 35 years, 230 days |
10 years, 21 days |
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Nov 3, 1975 | 20 years, 317 days | Nov 24, 1985 | 30 years, 338 days |
9 years, 225 days |
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Aug 17, 1987 | 18 years, 64 days | Mar 30, 1997 | 27 years, 289 days |
9 years, 37 days |
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Jul 10, 1978 | 21 years, 265 days | Aug 16, 1987 | 30 years, 302 days |
7 years, 193 days |
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Aug 11, 2003 | 20 years, 64 days | Feb 20, 2011 | 27 years, 257 days |
7 years, 137 days |
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Oct 11, 2010 | 20 years, 92 days | Feb 25, 2018 | 27 years, 229 days |
7 years, 109 days |
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Oct 12, 1998 | 22 years, 126 days | Jan 29, 2006 | 29 years, 235 days |
6 years, 321 days |
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Aug 22, 2005 | 18 years, 125 days | Jul 8, 2012 | 25 years, 80 days |
5 years, 258 days |
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Mar 11, 1991 | 17 years, 99 days | Nov 24, 1996 | 22 years, 358 days |
4 years, 211 days |
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Oct 20, 2003 | 21 years, 141 days | May 18, 2008 | 25 years, 352 days |
4 years, 197 days |
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Mar 31, 1997 | 16 years, 182 days | Oct 14, 2001 | 21 years, 14 days |
2 years, 283 days |
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Jun 24, 2019 | 23 years, 61 days | Apr 3, 2022 | 25 years, 344 days |
2 years, 81 days |
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Apr 4, 2022 | 20 years, 308 days | June 24, 2024 | 23 years, 24 days |
2 years, 60 days |
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Sep 13, 2004 | 25 years, 70 days | Nov 12, 2006 | 27 years, 130 days |
1 year, 110 days |
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Oct 9, 2017 | 26 years, 12 days | Jan 27, 2019 | 27 years, 122 days |
1 year, 18 days |
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Jan 30, 2012 | 22 years, 183 days | Feb 17, 2013 | 23 years, 201 days |
307 days |
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Sep 12, 2016 | 28 years, 238 days | Jul 16, 2017 | 29 years, 179 days |
237 days |
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Oct 15, 2001 | 25 years, 200 days | Jun 9, 2002 | 26 years, 72 days |
224 days |
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Apr 7, 1980 | 17 years, 117 days | Nov 17, 1980 | 17 years, 341 days |
223 days |
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Jan 28, 2019 | 21 years, 104 days | Sep 8, 2019 | 21 years, 327 days |
195 days |
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Apr 20, 2009 | 22 years, 358 days | Nov 1, 2009 | 23 years, 188 days |
174 days |
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Aug 11, 2008 | 23 years, 165 days | Feb 1, 2009 | 23 years, 339 days |
132 days |
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Feb 25, 2002 | 21 years, 253 days | Jul 7, 2002 | 22 years, 20 days |
125 days |
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Feb 6, 1995 | 23 years, 50 days | Jun 11, 1995 | 23 years, 175 days |
90 days |
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Jun 9, 2008 | 20 years, 216 days | Sep 7, 2008 | 20 years, 306 days |
55 days |
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Jul 17, 2017 | 25 years, 118 days | Sep 10, 2017 | 25 years, 173 days |
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Sep 11, 2023 | 25 years, 129 days | Nov 5, 2023 | 25 years, 184 days | |
27 days |
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Sep 11, 2017 | 23 years, 338 days | Oct 8, 2017 | 24 years, 0 days |
13 days |
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Apr 26, 1976 | 24 years, 270 days | May 9, 1976 | 24 years, 283 days |
1970s** — Starting November 1975
1980s
1990s
2000s
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2010s
2020sWTA rankings were frozen from March 23, 2020 to August 9, 2020.
|
Weeks | Country | Players |
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1,123 | ![]() |
Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles*, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams |
411 | ![]() |
Steffi Graf, Angelique Kerber |
209 | ![]() |
Martina Hingis |
143 |
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Monica Seles*, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković |
137 | ![]() |
Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin |
123 | ![]() |
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Ashleigh Barty |
109 | ![]() |
Iga Świątek |
71 | ![]() |
Caroline Wozniacki |
64 | ![]() |
Simona Halep |
51 | ![]() |
Victoria Azarenka |
47 | ![]() |
Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina |
39 | ![]() |
Amélie Mauresmo |
25 | ![]() |
Naomi Osaka |
16 | ![]() |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Garbiñe Muguruza |
8 | ![]() |
Karolína Plíšková |
Weeks are updated automatically.
* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.
The WTA rankings are the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) merit-based system for determining the rankings in women's tennis. The top-ranked singles player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the WTA Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WTA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since November 3, 1975. Since 1975, 29 women have been ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA, of which 15 have been year-end No. 1.
Iga Świątek is the current singles world No. 1.
The rankings are sourced by the WTA Media Guide and the WTA website (which usually revises its rankings every Sunday night or Monday morning, except when tournament finals are postponed). [1] [2]
No. | Player | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Nov 3, 1975 | Apr 25, 1976 | 25 | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Apr 26, 1976 | May 9, 1976 | 2 | 2 |
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May 10, 1976 | Jul 9, 1978 | 113 | 138 | |
3 | ![]() |
Jul 10, 1978 | Jan 13, 1979 | 26 | 26 |
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Jan 14, 1979 | Jan 27, 1979 | 2 | 140 | |
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Jan 28, 1979 | Feb 24, 1979 | 4 | 30 | |
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Feb 25, 1979 | Apr 15, 1979 | 7 | 147 | |
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Apr 16, 1979 | Jun 24, 1979 | 10 | 40 | |
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Jun 25, 1979 | Sep 9, 1979 | 11 | 158 | |
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Sep 10, 1979 | Apr 6, 1980 | 31 | 71 | |
4 | ![]() |
Apr 7, 1980 | Apr 20, 1980 | 2 | 2 |
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Apr 21, 1980 | Jul 6, 1980 | 11 | 82 | |
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Jul 7, 1980 | Nov 17, 1980 | 19 | 21 | |
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Nov 18, 1980 | May 2, 1982 | 76 | 234 | |
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May 3, 1982 | May 16, 1982 | 2 | 84 | |
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May 17, 1982 | Jun 13, 1982 | 4 | 238 | |
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Jun 14, 1982 | Jun 9, 1985 | 156 | 240 | |
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Jun 10, 1985 | Oct 13, 1985 | 18 | 256 | |
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Oct 14, 1985 | Oct 27, 1985 | 2 | 242 | |
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Oct 28, 1985 | Nov 24, 1985 | 4 | 260 | |
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Nov 25, 1985 | Aug 16, 1987 | 90 | 332 | |
5 | ![]() |
Aug 17, 1987 | Mar 10, 1991 | 186‡ | 186 |
6 | ![]() |
Mar 11, 1991 | Aug 4, 1991 | 21 | 21 |
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Aug 5, 1991 | Aug 11, 1991 | 1 | 187 | |
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Aug 12, 1991 | Aug 18, 1991 | 1 | 22 | |
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Aug 19, 1991 | Sep 8, 1991 | 3 | 190 | |
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Sep 9, 1991 | Jun 6, 1993 | 91 | 113 | |
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Jun 7, 1993 | Feb 5, 1995 | 87 | 277 | |
7 | ![]() |
Feb 6, 1995 | Feb 19, 1995 | 2 | 2 |
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Feb 20, 1995 | Feb 26, 1995 | 1 | 278 | |
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Feb 27, 1995 | Apr 9, 1995 | 6 | 8 | |
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Apr 10, 1995 | May 14, 1995 | 5 | 283 | |
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May 15, 1995 | Jun 11, 1995 | 4 | 12 | |
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Jun 12, 1995 | Aug 14, 1995 | 9 | 292 | |
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Aug 15, 1995 | Nov 3, 1996 | 64 | 356 | |
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177 | ||||
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Nov 4, 1996 | Nov 17, 1996 | 2 | 358 | |
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Nov 18, 1996 | Nov 24, 1996 | 1 | 359 | |
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178 | ||||
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Nov 25, 1996 | Mar 30, 1997 | 18 | 377‡ | |
8 | ![]() |
Mar 31, 1997 | Oct 11, 1998 | 80 | 80 |
9 | ![]() |
Oct 12, 1998 | Feb 7, 1999 | 17 | 17 |
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Feb 8, 1999 | Jul 4, 1999 | 21 | 101 | |
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Jul 5, 1999 | Aug 8, 1999 | 5 | 22 | |
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Aug 9, 1999 | Apr 2, 2000 | 34 | 135 | |
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Apr 3, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | 5 | 27 | |
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May 8, 2000 | May 14, 2000 | 1 | 136 | |
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May 15, 2000 | May 21, 2000 | 1 | 28 | |
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May 22, 2000 | Oct 14, 2001 | 73 | 209 | |
10 | ![]() |
Oct 15, 2001 | Nov 4, 2001 | 3 | 3 |
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Nov 5, 2001 | Jan 13, 2002 | 10 | 38 | |
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Jan 14, 2002 | Feb 24, 2002 | 6 | 9 | |
11 | ![]() |
Feb 25, 2002 | Mar 17, 2002 | 3 | 3 |
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Mar 18, 2002 | Apr 21, 2002 | 5 | 14 | |
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Apr 22, 2002 | May 19, 2002 | 4 | 7 | |
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May 20, 2002 | Jun 9, 2002 | 3 | 17 | |
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Jun 10, 2002 | Jul 7, 2002 | 4 | 11 | |
12 | ![]() |
Jul 8, 2002 | Aug 10, 2003 | 57 | 57 |
13 | ![]() |
Aug 11, 2003 | Oct 19, 2003 | 10 | 10 |
14 | ![]() |
Oct 20, 2003 | Oct 26, 2003 | 1 | 1 |
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Oct 27, 2003 | Nov 9, 2003 | 2 | 12 | |
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Nov 10, 2003 | Sep 12, 2004 | 44 | 45 | |
15 | ![]() |
Sep 13, 2004 | Oct 17, 2004 | 5 | 5 |
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Oct 18, 2004 | Aug 21, 2005 | 44 | 82 | |
16 | ![]() |
Aug 22, 2005 | Aug 28, 2005 | 1 | 1 |
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Aug 29, 2005 | Sep 11, 2005 | 2 | 84 | |
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Sep 12, 2005 | Oct 23, 2005 | 6 | 7 | |
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Oct 24, 2005 | Jan 29, 2006 | 14 | 98 | |
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Jan 30, 2006 | Mar 19, 2006 | 7 | 19 | |
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Mar 20, 2006 | Nov 12, 2006 | 34 | 39 | |
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Nov 13, 2006 | Jan 28, 2007 | 11 | 56 | |
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Jan 29, 2007 | Mar 18, 2007 | 7 | 14 | |
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Mar 19, 2007 | May 18, 2008 | 61 | 117 | |
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May 19, 2008 | Jun 8, 2008 | 3 | 17 | |
17 | ![]() |
Jun 9, 2008 | Aug 10, 2008 | 9 | 9 |
18 | ![]() |
Aug 11, 2008 | Aug 17, 2008 | 1 | 1 |
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Aug 18, 2008 | Sep 7, 2008 | 3 | 12 | |
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Sep 8, 2008 | Oct 5, 2008 | 4 | 61 | |
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Oct 6, 2008 | Feb 1, 2009 | 17 | 18 | |
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Feb 2, 2009 | Apr 19, 2009 | 11 | 72 | |
19 | ![]() |
Apr 20, 2009 | Oct 11, 2009 | 25 | 25 |
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Oct 12, 2009 | Oct 25, 2009 | 2 | 74 | |
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Oct 26, 2009 | Nov 1, 2009 | 1 | 26 | |
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Nov 2, 2009 | Oct 10, 2010 | 49 | 123 | |
20 | ![]() |
Oct 11, 2010 | Feb 13, 2011 | 18 | 18 |
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Feb 14, 2011 | Feb 20, 2011 | 1 | 20 | |
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Feb 21, 2011 | Jan 29, 2012 | 49 | 67 | |
21 | ![]() |
Jan 30, 2012 | Jun 10, 2012 | 19 | 19 |
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Jun 11, 2012 | Jul 8, 2012 | 4 | 21 | |
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Jul 9, 2012 | Feb 17, 2013 | 32 | 51 | |
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Feb 18, 2013 | Sep 11, 2016 | 186‡ | 309 | |
22 | ![]() |
Sep 12, 2016 | Jan 29, 2017 | 20 | 20 |
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Jan 30, 2017 | Mar 19, 2017 | 7 | 316 | |
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Mar 20, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 | 5 | 25 | |
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Apr 24, 2017 | May 14, 2017 | 3 | 319 | |
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May 15, 2017 | Jul 16, 2017 | 9 | 34 | |
23 | ![]() |
Jul 17, 2017 | Sep 10, 2017 | 8 | 8 |
24 | ![]() |
Sep 11, 2017 | Oct 8, 2017 | 4 | 4 |
25 | ![]() |
Oct 9, 2017 | Jan 28, 2018 | 16 | 16 |
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Jan 29, 2018 | Feb 25, 2018 | 4 | 71 | |
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Feb 26, 2018 | Jan 27, 2019 | 48 | 64 | |
26 | ![]() |
Jan 28, 2019 | Jun 23, 2019 | 21 | 21 |
27 | ![]() |
Jun 24, 2019 | Aug 11, 2019 | 7 | 7 |
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Aug 12, 2019 | Sep 8, 2019 | 4 | 25 | |
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Sep 9, 2019 | Mar 22, 2020 | 28 | 35 | |
Rankings
frozen
|
Mar 23, 2020 | Aug 9, 2020 | 20 | ||
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Aug 10, 2020 | Apr 3, 2022 | 86 | 121 | |
28 | ![]() |
Apr 4, 2022 | Sep 10, 2023 | 75 | 75 |
29 | ![]() |
Sep 11, 2023 | Nov 5, 2023 | 8 | 8 |
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Nov 6, 2023 | Present | 34 | 109 |
Total
|
Consecutive
|
Weeks are updated automatically.
[5]
[6]
The source for this through the week of January 2, 2012, is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 177.
[1]
Year span | Leader | Date achieved | Duration | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|
1975–1985 |
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3 November 1975 | 9 years, 6 months | 238 |
1985–1985 |
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27 May 1985 | 28 days | 240 |
1985–1986 |
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24 June 1985 | 9 months | 260 |
1986–1996 |
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31 March 1986 | 10 years, 1 month | 332 |
1996–Present |
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21 May 1996 | 28 years, 1 month | 377 |
Current record in bold.
The source for this through to 2012 is the 2012 WTA Tour Official Guide, page 178. [1]
By year
|
By year (continued)
|
|
|
Player | First ranked No. 1 | First Grand Slam final | First Grand Slam title |
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August 11, 2003 | 2001 French Open (June 2001) (1st of 8) | 2005 US Open (1st of 4, retired in 2022) |
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September 13, 2004 | 1999 Australian Open (January 1999) (1st of 3) | 2006 Australian Open (1st of 2, retired in 2009) |
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August 11, 2008 | 2008 US Open (September 2008) (only final) | None (retired in 2017) |
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April 20, 2009 | 2008 French Open (June 2008) (1st of 3) | None (retired in 2014) |
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October 11, 2010 | 2009 US Open (September 2009) (1st of 3) | 2018 Australian Open (only title, still active) |
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July 17, 2017 | 2016 US Open (September 2016) (1st of 2) | None (still active) |
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October 9, 2017 | 2014 French Open (June 2014) (1st of 5) | 2018 French Open (1st of 2, still active) |
Time span | Player | First held No. 1 | Last held No. 1 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Age | Date | Age | ||
14 years, 310 days |
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Jul 8, 2002 | 20 years, 285 days | May 14, 2017 | 35 years, 230 days |
10 years, 21 days |
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Nov 3, 1975 | 20 years, 317 days | Nov 24, 1985 | 30 years, 338 days |
9 years, 225 days |
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Aug 17, 1987 | 18 years, 64 days | Mar 30, 1997 | 27 years, 289 days |
9 years, 37 days |
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Jul 10, 1978 | 21 years, 265 days | Aug 16, 1987 | 30 years, 302 days |
7 years, 193 days |
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Aug 11, 2003 | 20 years, 64 days | Feb 20, 2011 | 27 years, 257 days |
7 years, 137 days |
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Oct 11, 2010 | 20 years, 92 days | Feb 25, 2018 | 27 years, 229 days |
7 years, 109 days |
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Oct 12, 1998 | 22 years, 126 days | Jan 29, 2006 | 29 years, 235 days |
6 years, 321 days |
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Aug 22, 2005 | 18 years, 125 days | Jul 8, 2012 | 25 years, 80 days |
5 years, 258 days |
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Mar 11, 1991 | 17 years, 99 days | Nov 24, 1996 | 22 years, 358 days |
4 years, 211 days |
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Oct 20, 2003 | 21 years, 141 days | May 18, 2008 | 25 years, 352 days |
4 years, 197 days |
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Mar 31, 1997 | 16 years, 182 days | Oct 14, 2001 | 21 years, 14 days |
2 years, 283 days |
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Jun 24, 2019 | 23 years, 61 days | Apr 3, 2022 | 25 years, 344 days |
2 years, 81 days |
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Apr 4, 2022 | 20 years, 308 days | June 24, 2024 | 23 years, 24 days |
2 years, 60 days |
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Sep 13, 2004 | 25 years, 70 days | Nov 12, 2006 | 27 years, 130 days |
1 year, 110 days |
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Oct 9, 2017 | 26 years, 12 days | Jan 27, 2019 | 27 years, 122 days |
1 year, 18 days |
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Jan 30, 2012 | 22 years, 183 days | Feb 17, 2013 | 23 years, 201 days |
307 days |
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Sep 12, 2016 | 28 years, 238 days | Jul 16, 2017 | 29 years, 179 days |
237 days |
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Oct 15, 2001 | 25 years, 200 days | Jun 9, 2002 | 26 years, 72 days |
224 days |
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Apr 7, 1980 | 17 years, 117 days | Nov 17, 1980 | 17 years, 341 days |
223 days |
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Jan 28, 2019 | 21 years, 104 days | Sep 8, 2019 | 21 years, 327 days |
195 days |
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Apr 20, 2009 | 22 years, 358 days | Nov 1, 2009 | 23 years, 188 days |
174 days |
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Aug 11, 2008 | 23 years, 165 days | Feb 1, 2009 | 23 years, 339 days |
132 days |
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Feb 25, 2002 | 21 years, 253 days | Jul 7, 2002 | 22 years, 20 days |
125 days |
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Feb 6, 1995 | 23 years, 50 days | Jun 11, 1995 | 23 years, 175 days |
90 days |
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Jun 9, 2008 | 20 years, 216 days | Sep 7, 2008 | 20 years, 306 days |
55 days |
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Jul 17, 2017 | 25 years, 118 days | Sep 10, 2017 | 25 years, 173 days |
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Sep 11, 2023 | 25 years, 129 days | Nov 5, 2023 | 25 years, 184 days | |
27 days |
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Sep 11, 2017 | 23 years, 338 days | Oct 8, 2017 | 24 years, 0 days |
13 days |
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Apr 26, 1976 | 24 years, 270 days | May 9, 1976 | 24 years, 283 days |
1970s** — Starting November 1975
1980s
1990s
2000s
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2010s
2020sWTA rankings were frozen from March 23, 2020 to August 9, 2020.
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Weeks | Country | Players |
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1,123 | ![]() |
Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Monica Seles*, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams, Serena Williams |
411 | ![]() |
Steffi Graf, Angelique Kerber |
209 | ![]() |
Martina Hingis |
143 |
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Monica Seles*, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković |
137 | ![]() |
Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin |
123 | ![]() |
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Ashleigh Barty |
109 | ![]() |
Iga Świątek |
71 | ![]() |
Caroline Wozniacki |
64 | ![]() |
Simona Halep |
51 | ![]() |
Victoria Azarenka |
47 | ![]() |
Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina |
39 | ![]() |
Amélie Mauresmo |
25 | ![]() |
Naomi Osaka |
16 | ![]() |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Garbiñe Muguruza |
8 | ![]() |
Karolína Plíšková |
Weeks are updated automatically.
* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.